B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-39883

B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies 42-39883
General
Manufacturer: Lockheed/Vega
Production-Block: , B-17G-5-VE: 42-39858 to 42-39957
Operational History
Bomb Group: , 95th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron: , 336th Bomb Squadron
RCL ET-O
Fate: , Landing accident
(24 December 1943)
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History of
B-17 42-39883

Delivered Long Beach 29/9/43; Gr Island 22/10/43; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-O] Horham 11/11/43; (5m) returning from Noball mission 24/12/43 landed in poor visibility too far down the runway and nosed up, after clipping another B-17 (42-30233), with Jim Foley, Co-pilot: Paul Keith, Navigator: Chas Shaughnessy, Bombardier: Chas Wyman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Irving Rothman, Radio Operator: Earl Carter, Ball turret gunner: Warren Cadie, Waist gunner: Bill King, Waist gunner: Ed Ciesler,Tail gunner: Bill Hobbs (10 Returned to Duty); Salvaged 8/1/44.

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This page was last updated on 10 February 2018

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